Cooler.



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COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1910.

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COOLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1911.

Application led July 7, 1910. Serial No. 570,901.

To all whom it 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER Gooi), a citizen of the United States, and a resident of filkes-Barre, in the county of Luzerne, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coolers, of which the following is a full and clear specification, reference being had to t-he accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical sectional view taken on the line ll of Fig. 2, the covers j and z' being shown partly in side elevation and partly in section and Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of my improved cooler.

The object of this invention is to so construct a cooler for drinking water that the non-conducting wall thereof may be utilized for storing and cooling bottled beverages and other articles, as more fully hereinafter setforth.

Referring to the annexed drawings by reference characters, a designates the outer casing wall and b the inner wall which constitutes the water tank and is separated from the outer wall by an annular space o-f suitable dimensions. A suitable outlet pipe o extends from the water tank out through the outer wall and is provided with a drawoff cock of any usual construction whereby the water may be drawn off from the tank. The apparatus is provided with a suitable bottom wall Z and a suitable top wall e, and the tank is provided with a suitable removable cover f.

The space between the inner and outer walls is provided with a vertical partition g between which and the outer wall is packed a suitable heat non-conducting filling and between which and the inner wall is formed an annular dead air space, whereby the water tank is eifectually protected against the entrance of heat. This annular partition wall g has an escalloped formation in horizontal section, forming pocket-like chambers t at intervals around the water tank. Each one of these outwardly bent portions zof the annular partition forms a receptacle for a bottle or other article, and

access is had thereto by a removable cover z' fitted in a coincident opening in the top wall, one opening and cover being provided for each of the pockets or receptacles h. The inwardly bent portions j of this partition wall terminate close to the water tank so that each of the pockets 7L is practically a separate chamber and yet the continuity of the dead air space is not broken.

It will be observed that access may be continually had to the water cooler for filling and cleaning without opening the receptacles for the bottled beverages. It will also be observed that with my construction it is unnecessary to make the bottle receptacles water-tight and also that each of the receptacles may be opened independently and that the temporary opening of any one receptacle will not appreciably increase the temperature of the adjacent receptacles. It will be further observed that I utilize the non-conducting space between the walls of the cooler for the purpose of storing and cooling bottled beverages without materially detracting from the effectiveness of said space as a non-conducting medium for the protection of the water tank.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A cooler embodying an inner water vessel or tank provided with a closure device, an outer wall, an intermediate partition extending entirely around the water tank and bent inwardly to near the water tank at intervals, thereby forming a series of pockets or cells around and adjacent to the water tank, a top wall provided with a series of openings corresponding with said cellsand an independent closure device for each of these openings, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses this 29th day of June 1910.

PETER GOOD.

Witnesses:

FRANK A. GABEL, J. C. WALTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

